Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Raleigh**

#1,045 most common boys' name of all time · #2,473 across all names · 75% male / 25% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,045
Rank overall
#2,473 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
12,336
Since 2016
2,140
Peak year
2019 #1,642
Best rank
#354 1891
Girls Boys peak 260/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Raleigh is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 104 64 168 #2,209
2024 104 63 167 #2,263
2023 126 70 196 #2,097
2022 119 65 184 #2,218
2021 136 63 199 #2,226
2020 147 82 229 #1,817
2019 161 99 260 #1,642
2018 149 93 242 #1,689
2017 157 79 236 #1,861
2016 170 89 259 #1,739
2015 156 78 234 #1,870
2014 122 113 235 #1,448
2013 119 75 194 #1,880
2012 108 81 189 #1,818
2011 99 88 187 #1,689
2010 105 84 189 #1,768
2009 94 50 144 #2,530
2008 86 65 151 #2,105
2007 92 58 150 #2,259
2006 47 53 100 #2,349
2005 48 59 107 #2,083
2004 47 59 106 #2,026
2003 39 56 95 #2,032
2002 28 64 92 #1,793
2001 25 32 57 #2,866
2000 26 48 74 #2,088
1999 29 47 76 #2,026
1998 18 47 65 #2,013
1997 31 59 90 #1,672
1996 23 51 74 #1,787
1995 31 48 79 #1,803
1994 19 58 77 #1,582
1993 28 52 80 #1,682
1992 30 70 100 #1,352
1991 23 58 81 #1,502
1990 24 48 72 #1,686
1989 17 49 66 #1,616
1988 15 52 67 #1,467
1987 19 68 87 #1,162
1986 11 44 55 #1,513
1985 9 52 61 #1,337
1984 9 57 66 #1,215
1983 11 46 57 #1,377
1982 10 49 59 #1,345
1981 32 32 #1,774
1980 48 48 #1,359
1979 43 43 #1,422
1978 11 39 50 #1,487
1977 5 42 47 #1,410
1976 6 47 53 #1,288
1975 42 42 #1,346
1974 34 34 #1,502
1973 6 35 41 #1,437
1972 48 48 #1,179
1971 7 55 62 #1,102
1970 5 59 64 #1,063
1969 5 54 59 #1,052
1968 55 55 #1,000
1967 43 43 #1,137
1966 51 51 #1,018
1965 70 70 #873
1964 51 51 #1,062
1963 50 50 #1,081
1962 5 73 78 #893
1961 71 71 #910
1960 56 56 #1,021
1959 8 76 84 #880
1958 91 91 #785
1957 75 75 #873
1956 82 82 #825
1955 80 80 #819
1954 84 84 #778
1953 87 87 #762
1952 98 98 #711
1951 91 91 #727
1950 96 96 #701
1949 94 94 #709
1948 100 100 #675
1947 5 110 115 #658
1946 5 100 105 #644
1945 104 104 #597
1944 6 100 106 #616
1943 7 108 115 #609
1942 127 127 #544
1941 93 93 #631
1940 87 87 #644
1939 95 95 #595
1938 90 90 #630
1937 84 84 #648
1936 78 78 #672
1935 95 95 #595
1934 107 107 #571
1933 100 100 #578
1932 80 80 #686
1931 97 97 #599
1930 90 90 #649
1929 91 91 #647
1928 93 93 #647
1927 125 125 #552
1926 101 101 #623
1925 100 100 #637
1924 138 138 #541
1923 5 113 118 #594
1922 131 131 #552
1921 139 139 #529
1920 134 134 #527
1919 97 97 #616
1918 116 116 #563
1917 116 116 #542
1916 102 102 #566
1915 124 124 #499
1914 98 98 #494
1913 70 70 #517
1912 68 68 #479
1911 33 33 #519
1910 22 22 #627
1909 30 30 #468
1908 19 19 #594
1907 25 25 #468
1906 15 15 #624
1905 31 31 #377
1904 20 20 #486
1903 18 18 #518
1902 25 25 #408
1901 19 19 #440
1900 31 31 #407
1899 14 14 #529
1898 17 17 #513
1897 22 22 #409
1896 17 17 #509
1895 16 16 #514
1894 19 19 #453
1893 18 18 #442
1892 20 20 #438
1891 24 24 #354
1890 18 18 #429
1889 21 21 #400
1888 10 10 #658
1887 15 15 #451
1886 23 23 #364
1885 22 22 #387
1884 20 20 #412
1883 17 17 #444
1882 15 15 #480
1881 11 11 #543
1880 14 14 #499